The Gentoo Foundation has
partnered with Nitrokey to equip all Gentoo developers
with free Nitrokey Pro 2
devices. Gentoo developers will use the Nitrokey devices to store cryptographic
keys for signing of git commits and software packages, GnuPG keys, and SSH
accounts.

Thanks to the Gentoo Foundation and Nitrokey’s discount, each Gentoo developer
is eligible to receive one free Nitrokey Pro 2. To receive their Nitrokey, developers
will need to register with their @gentoo.org email address at the dedicated order
form.

A Nitrokey Pro 2 Guide is available
on the Gentoo Wiki with FAQ & instructions for integrating Nitrokeys into developer
workflow.

ABOUT GENTOO

Gentoo Linux is a free, source-based, rolling
release meta distribution that features a high degree of flexibility and high
performance. It empowers you to make your computer work for you, and offers a
variety of choices at all levels of system configuration.

As a community, Gentoo consists of approximately two hundred developers and
over fifty thousand users globally.

The Gentoo Foundation
supports the development of Gentoo, protects Gentoo’s intellectual property,
and oversees adherence to Gentoo’s Social Contract.

GNOME 3.30 is now
available in Gentoo Linux testing branch. Starting with this release, GNOME on
Gentoo once again works with OpenRC,
in addition to the usual systemd option. This is achieved through the elogind
project, a standalone logind implementation
based on systemd code, which is currently maintained by a fellow Gentoo user.
Gentoo would like to thank Mart Raudsepp (leio), Gavin Ferris, and all others
working on this for their contributions. More information can be found in
Mart’s blog post.

Our developers will be happy to greet all open source enthusiasts at
our Gentoo stand in building K.
Visit this year’s wiki page to see
who’s coming. So far eight developers have specified their
attendance, with most likely many more on the way!

Gentoo would like to congratulate Gibix and JSteward for finishing and passing Google’s Summer of Code for the 2018 calendar year.
Gibix contributed by enhancing Rust (programming language) support within Gentoo.
JSteward contributed by making a full Gentoo GNU/Linux distribution, managed by Portage, run on devices which use the original Android-customized kernel.

The final reports of their projects can be reviewed on their personal blogs: